his signature campaign promises to have mexico pay for the wall was a complete fraud. and people are arguing that this is damaging to national security. but there is if you read the transcripts, there s literally nothing in there that s even remotely sensitive. and the broader point here is that trump is claiming that scoop after scoop by the new york times, the washington post is fake news. and these reporters have the right and almost the obligation when information comes their way, to publish it, to refute those lies. and i think that we have seen incredible work by these newspapers. and you have to remember you remember yet the president tweeted a favorable washington post story about isis, it was favorable to him so he shared that so-called fake news story. we have a 200-year history where administrations have been able to talk to reporters when our national security is at
butowsky, was encouraging wheeler and fox news.com to public the story. why is that significant? it s significant because butowsky has some ties to the administration. and sean spicer took a meeting with butowsky and they did end up talking about the seth rich theory at the time. sean spicer and this donor and this fox news contributor are talking about a conspiracy theory involving the dnc? actually it was interesting was when fox news published the story and sean spicer was asked about it, he said he didn t know anything about this democratic staffer and he needed to get updates on them. but previously he had been briefed on the investigation purposely by the private investigator investigating seth rich s death. he told you it was no big deal and there was no follow-up. the lawsuit alleges that there was followup.
this weekend fox news scrambling to find a fill in for a story alleging he sent graphic pictures to female colleagues several years ago. by the same law firm, i looked into all the harassment allegations against roger ails. and a fox news contributor rod wheeler was defamed back in may. they said that the trump white house knew about the story and there s even a suggestion that the president wrote a draft in advance. allard darcy is hire to talk about what that all meant. wheeler was a former white house detective.
i think the white house does think that he has his own way of communicating with folks. but as president obama found and he would often be reluctant to do these hour-long news conferences, the president is not completely on the defense in these things, he can also use it to shape his own message. if they have a pro active message to get out they can tamp down or deal with pent up steam, that s historically been an opportunity to do that. so traditionally, there is actually an up side to the white house that manages it well. in a new bloomberg story this morning, your story cited 12 sources inside the administration and around the administration. partly your story says kelly urged the staff not to leak. so did these aides leak to you about the order not to leak?
at an underground site in nevada. the soviet union has performed 700 since it s first one in 1949. thanks for joining me for the program this week, i will see you next week. hey, i m brian stelter, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is reliable sources our look at the story behind the story, of how the media really works and how the news gets made. several developing stories rights now. eric bolling suspended over allegations that he sent several inappropriate pics to several colleagues. plus we have breaking news from vice president mike pence, he is calling a new york times story absurd and offensive. we ll have that coming up. but first, how leaks to reporters are revealing white